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Re: Need raised bed advice

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Margaret

Sounds like what we want to try this summer. But we have the tractor/front 
end loader so we don't need to rent or hire someone with one. The basic plan 
is to scrape off all the soil in the area we want to make the garden (old 
garden is there) making a large pile of the good soil. and making the area a 
bit lower then the surrounding area in the process.  Since this is in an old 
pasture and grass is my main weed I am also thinking about putting a weed 
cloth down at this point, maybe over the whole area maybe only under the 
paths.

Then we will make the beds, place them in the proper spots, begin to fill 
them with the compost we have on hand, some "topsoil" and then the good soil 
we removed to make the beds in the first place. I am hoping that by making 
the whole area lower we will have more soil to back fill with - sort of along 
the idea of digging a path down and using that soil to make your beds higher.

Good Luck!
Chrissie


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